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JofC Gets Marad Pact On Trade, Ship DataThe Maritime Administration announced the awarding o

A month has passed since President Reagan's controversial decision to offer wheat to the Soviet Unio

The Maritime Administration approved the sale of two, 22-year-old freight ships by Lykes Bros. Steam

Loews Corp. plans to sell 3 million shares of common stock in Majestic Shipping Co., a wholly owned

Four people drowned and 15 were missing after a boat capsized in the Meghna River near Narsingdi, 6

Trade in refined oil products will increase by 40 percent from 250 million metric tons in 1985 to 35

S. Smith's Mother Sues Airline for $50 MillionThe mother of young peace emissary, Samantha S

The growing practice of sinking old ships off the coast to build artificial reefs that attract fish

Maritime officials ruled Argentine exports and imports goods had to be carried on the same vessel th

An atomic reactor of U.S. lineage will power a Franco-Canadian submarine due to enter service in 198

SECOND GUESSING THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION: James Zok, deputy associate administrator for maritime

GENERAL NEWSMajor retailers, reporting that back-to-school items sold well during the latter

The following are the results of Thursday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge frei

Air Canada and Canadian Pacific Air Lines claim Britain is threatening to scrap its bilateral air ag

World Airways Planes Going Back to UnitedOAKLAND, Calif. - World Airways, which said it will

Times have not been easy for the car rental business. Competition from all sides, and particularly f

Profits of Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market, fell to 36 million ($53.3 millio

Thomas G. Wolf, assistant commissioner of the Office of Transportation Audits, is proud of his offic

Fremont General Corp. says it will spin off or discontinue unprofitable insurance operations that ac

Robert Anestis, president of Guilford Transportation Industries, has announced his resignation, but

The chairman of Texas Air Corp., Houston, predicted his company soon will complete its planned acqui

Air Afrique, the multinational African carrier, is in the midst of an effort to recover from the sla

Canada's largest tow boating company, Seaspan International Ltd., of North Vancouver, has been bough

2nd Shipment of Debris From TMI Reaches LabARCO, Idaho - A train carrying a second shipment

PepsiCo Inc. has tried to soften its blow to India's soft drink industry by agreeing to manufacture

PepsiCo Inc. has tried to soften its blow to India's soft drink industry by agreeing to manufacture

JAPAN MEXICO - $75 million from the Bank of Japan. Loan is about 4.6 percent of the $1.6 bil

Aircraft nearly collide in flight every other day over California, the state that leads the nation i

Jaguar, the British up-market carmaker, announced Thursday it is to launch a major sales drive in Ja

Jaguar, the British up-market carmaker, announced Thursday it is to launch a major sales drive in Ja

OUT OF THE CLOSET: The hottest unconfirmed rumor in South Florida has jumped out into the open - as

Iraq said its jet fighters attacked an oil tanker off Iran Thursday as part of an effort to destroy

An ambitious shipbuilding program that was to have given this country five million tons of new shipp

A new organization in Australia is providing the country's shipowners and operators with a national

Harland and Wolff Ltd., the Belfast-based shipbuilders, announced a substantial drop in its loss for

The following table lists the spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and

The death toll from the Black Sea collision of two Soviet ships rose to 116 Thursday as divers repor

The Canadian Wheat Board is reacting calmly to a grain handlers strike at Thunder Bay, the choke poi

Iran Thursday released a Soviet freighter after forcing it to an Iranian port and searching the vess

Most parts of New South Wales had useful rain in July-August, improving the prospects for favorable